In the modeling world, everything about your appearance matters. But that's unavoidable, her statement might be true but there's not a whole lot to do about it. They just can't force agencies to use different ethnicities more frequently.
"Naomi, who this month co-founded the Diversity Coalition campaign to tackle the problem.." Wonder if she'll be as devoted to this cause as she was to the anti-fur campaign she modeled naked for (showing her hanging flabby ass), then got pimped subsequently into modeling fur coats. The people who hired her for the coats gig had to know she had dropped her panties for the anti-fur cause, and prolly just wanted to show her to be an idiot. Just based on that debacle, I'm skeptical about anything she has to say about "racism". She just seems mercenary
you need eyeglasses buddy. there is nothing flabby on ms. campbell. naomi has been talking about this for years so get your facts straight.
How on earth did you jump to that conclusion? But to clarify, if you want to sell to a certain demographic, you need to have the (physical) qualities to relate to them. Most modeling agencies are white owned and most of the consumers are white. Therefor you can only expect them to (mostly) want white models as a priority. Also we have A LOT of black owned and primarily black focused black modeling agencies. There are options, you can't ignore that.
I remember seeing coverage of the anti-fur event, with "ms. campbell" being the last chick in a row of models behind a banner. You could catch a glimpse of her ass in profile, hanging there like a deflated black basketball. I don't care what naomi talks about, she has a flabby ass. Probably why she's been talking about it for years, maybe she struggles with it. btw, are you a dude? I ask, because your post comes across as really, really feline
The fashion industry is, by and large, a very superficial world. It is an industry that is built on beauty. It is no surprise that the "standard of beauty" is viewed this way. It is all about "sellabilty", or something like it. Models, men and women, have to look as attractive as the clothes they wear or the products they are displaying for advertisers. It is highly professional and highly competitive. Like filmmakers, the photographer is aiming to bring something out of the model. It becomes challenging for the model because he/she has to be ready physically, mentally and emotionally for anything.
Singer/actress Grace Jones started as a model(she and Jeri Hall, the wife of Mick Jagger, shared an apartment in Paris). Singer Whitney Houston started as a model. Beverly Johnson, model. Naomi Campbell and Tyra Banks. All of them, in their own way, are beautiful women. They wouldn't be walking the catwalks of Paris, Milan, New York City or Los Angeles, if the were discriminated against. Fashion designer want thin models to wear their designs because it looks good on them than it would an average shaped or larger shaped woman. The idea is to bring attention to the designs, not the models, even though they are an added aesthetic touch. When these models become popular, that is when the issue of who is beautiful comes into play. Like I had mentioned before, the Fashion world is a very superficial world. And it will always be that. Actress Isabella Rosellini was a model and she says that being a model in that environment is like an athletic competition. Models are looked at like race horses.
